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Why your avocado oil may be fake and contain other cheap oils
Avocado oil is a rising star in the culinary world. It’s a heart-healthy cooking oil with a mild flavour that appeals to health-conscious consumers.
But scientists say that adulteration and mislabeling are rampant in the avocado oil industry, and that many people who believe they’re buying pure avocado oil are being misled by some of the nation’s largest retail chains.
Scientists at the University of California at Davis tested avocado oil samples, and have for the first time revealed the names of a dozen retailers who they say sold products labeled as avocado oil that contained cheap seed and vegetable oils, including Walmart, Sam’s Club, Kroger and Safeway. The companies didn’t respond to requests for comment.
The researchers found that at least 21 of the products labeled as avocado oil — nearly two-thirds of the 36 bottles they tested — were adulterated, in some cases with other oils that could pose a hazard to people with food sensitivities. The newly released findings are based on tests conducted in 2021 on bottles of store-brand avocado oil purchased from 19 large grocery stores in the United States and Canada.
Other retailers whose products failed testing said they couldn’t verify findings based on bottles of oil tested in 2020 or 2021. Some retailers confirmed they don’t do their own testing and instead rely on suppliers and third-party services to verify the purity of the oil.
Retailers have a “responsibility to make sure that what’s on the label is consistent with the product itself,” said Selina Wang, the scientist who led the research and an associate food science professor at the University of California at Davis. “Based on our research that’s simply not the case.”
In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged that “high value oils” such as avocado oil “are potential targets for economically motivated adulteration.” “The FDA does not comment on specific studies,” an FDA official said, “but evaluates them as part of the body of evidence to further our understanding about a particular issue.”
How cheap avocado oil is made
Avocado oil is the fastest-growing segment of the edible oils market, with global sales of more than half a billion dollars. The UC-Davis research suggested that low-priced avocado oils were the most likely to be adulterated. Most major retailers do not produce their own avocado oil, and instead buy it from suppliers, bottle it and put their store labels on it.
Much of the avocado oil sold by retailers is “refined,” which means it’s a lower-quality, highly-processed oil that is bleached, deodorized and filtered. (Virgin and extra virgin oils are “unrefined” and typically pressed from high-quality avocados without using heat or chemicals.)
Suppliers selling fake avocado oil
The popularity of avocado oil is largely due to the health halo around avocados. Avocado oil is rich in heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, antioxidants, minerals and vitamin E.
Avocado oil is relatively expensive to produce, and retail stores that buy it from suppliers at unrealistically low prices should have some idea that they’re not getting the real thing, Wang said. “If a buyer finds that an oil is quite a bit lower in price compared to others, there’s probably a reason for that,” she added.
Why your avocado oil may be fake and contain other cheap oils
Avocado oil is a rising star in the culinary world. It's a heart-healthy cooking oil with a mild flavour.torontosun.com
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